The Government brings three causes of action against all Defendants. By way of example, while the progress notes for Patient A indicated that she was to be discharged soon due to lack of progression, she was kept on therapy for two more months; Patient B was provided with occupational therapy, even though it became repetitive in nature and were no longer required; Patient C was kept on physical therapy 44 days after her therapist had documented that she was ambulating independently with a walker; 43 percent of Patient D's physical therapy was attributed to E-stim, even though the medical record did not support that amount; and both Patients A and E received group therapy that was not supported by their progress notes. de 20202 anos Atlanta,. Asercare, 153 F. Supp.3d at 1381). SavaSeniorCare provides health care, rehabilitation, physical therapy, and daily living assistance, as well as help with dementia and intravenous therapy. Dresser v. Qualium Corp., 2016 WL 3880763, at *10 (N.D. Cal. Far from simple conclusions, Plaintiff alleges that she witnessed firsthand, and was forced to participate in, improprieties directed at obtaining improper reimbursements. (Or visit customer support .) Corp., 2015 WL 5916871, at *11 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 8, 2015) (granting summary judgment where "[a] jury could not find that [defendant] made an objective falsehood"); United States ex rel. The Consolidated Complaint identifies five specific patients, and attaches a summary chart of 20 allegedly false claims made by Sava for those patients that and are said to be "illustrative samples of the types of false claims submitted to Medicare by Sava between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2012." 16-CV-0840. 147 at 6). About us. 2007) (quoting Coffey v. Foamex L.P., 2 F.3d 157, 161-62 (6th Cir. His claim for retaliation was severed and stayed pending arbitration (Docket No. (Id. After that date, the minutes in such sessions were divided among the participants. Nevertheless, it does not automatically follow that the intervened claims must be dismissed. (Docket No. June 26, 2008) (holding that plaintiff "need not allege in the complaint, prior to discovery, every possible detail concerning the falsified documents - e.g., 'exact patient names' - in order to meet the requirements of Rule 9(b)"). "); Hays v. Sebelius, 589 F.3d 1279, 1283 (D.C. Cir. (Id.). The specific allegations regarding each of those patients are as follows: Patient A is an 85-year-old female patient who was admitted to Sava's Northwest facility in Houston, Texas. SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC 2 anos 9 meses Chief Integrity Officer Executive Vice President Ethics, Compliance and Employee Development jan. de 2019 - dez. The Government has done so in this case. United States v. Aegis Therapies, Inc., 2015 WL 1541491, at *6 (S.D. (Id. . Relator Scott voluntarily dismissed Counts III and V of his First Amended Complaint and all other non-intervened allegations (Docket No. Division Vice Presidents ("DVPs") of Rehabilitation Services report directly to Ms. Hallissey; the Regional Director of Rehabilitation ("RDR") in each region reported to his or her DVP. 31 U.S.C. Leaving aside for the moment the specific allegations regarding each of the five patients discussed in the body of the Consolidated Complaint, that document attaches and incorporates by reference a chart that list twenty alleged false claims: four each for Patients A, B, and D; five for Patient C; and three for Patient E. Each of the claims are identified by patient, the Sava facility where the services were performed, the Medicare Claim number, the dates of service, the date when the claim was received, and the date the claim was paid. The number of nursing homes in the NursingHomeDatabase skilled nursing home database is just over 15,000 which suggests that most homes will have more than one owner or operator and that many individuals and companies are involved with more than one nursing home. He received physical and occupational therapy. (CC 20). Servs., LLC, 642 F. App'x 547, 553 (6th Cir. The corporate rehabilitation department is led by Stacey Hallissey, who served from 2006 through at least 2012 as SVP of Rehabilitation Services and reported directly to Mr. Oglesby. When the reimbursements for concurrent and group therapy were reduced, the amount of such therapy that Sava provided to its Medicare patients "plummeted." Bledsoe, 501 F.3d at 510. Fill out this form, and we'll contact you soon. Count III, also against all Defendants, alleges a common law claim for unjust enrichment. chill[ing] the provision of services and depriv[ing] Medicare beneficiaries of their statutory right to therapy" is, therefore, premature. Andy & Bill Events, LLC : Delaware: A.P.E. Therapists were instructed to allocate the time for group (involving two to four patients) and concurrent (involving two residents) therapy exercises so as to maximize RU billings, even though the group and concurrent exercises often did not relate to a patient's plan of care or include activities in which he or she could have reasonably been expected to participate. Hill v. Morehouse Med. Thus, while "pleading an actual false claim with particularity is an indispensable element of a complaint that alleges a FCA violation in compliance with Rule 9(b)," where, as here, the Government "pleads a complex and far-reaching fraudulent scheme with particularity, and provides examples of specific false claims submitted to the government pursuant to that scheme, [the Government] may proceed to discovery on the entire fraudulent scheme." Its website is www.savaseniorcare.com. 118 & 125). To connect with SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC's employee register on Signalhire Email & Phone Finder >> Companies directory >> Up until October 1, 2010, an hour of group or concurrent therapy could be attributed as 60 minutes for each participant when determining the RUG level. The daily reimbursement rate from Medicare for skilled nursing services and rehabilitation care varies based on the anticipated nursing and rehabilitation needs of the beneficiary. The operator of the facilities is SavaSeniorCare, LLC (SAVA), which owns and operates 214 SNFs and ALFs in 21 states and has owned the portfolio assets since 2004. Generally, patients must be assessed and the MDS form completed on the 5th, 14th, 30th, 60th, and 90th day of the patient's stay in the facility. Conner v. Salina Reg'l Health Ctr., Inc., 543 F.3d 1211, 1220 (10th Cir. The rejoinder is simple: an Administrator - with no medical degree - who adds false things to medical charts in order to drum-up Medicare reimbursement, and instructs others to do the same is not engaging in legal conduct. 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The Company offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, hospice care, respite care, rehabilitation services, intravenous therapy services, respiratory therapy services, dementia services, and bariatric services. 904-332-3287 SAVA SENIOR CARE LLC (FORMERLY MARINER HEALTH CARE) DISCONTINUES SUPPLY RELATIONSHIP WITH PSS WORLD MEDICAL'S ELDER CARE BUSINESS Contract Loss Results In No Change To Company Financial GoalsFor Fiscal 2006 Of 20% Growth in Earnings Per Share From Continuing Operations With the skilled nursing market hotter than ever, SavaSeniorCare recently moved a 29-asset long-term care portfolio in a deal that Erik Howard, executive managing director of Capital Funding Group, said was one of the more complicated ones the financial provider has completed this year. into improving their performance." (Podcast). The Government only intervened on certain claims alleging Defendants submitted (or caused to be submitted) false claims to Medicare for skilled nursing benefits. That is, "[a]lthough Rule 9(b)'s special pleading standard is undoubtedly more demanding than the liberal notice pleading standard which governs most cases," its "special requirements should not be read as a mere formalism, decoupled from the general rule that a pleading must only be so detailed as is necessary to provide a defendant with sufficient notice to defend against the pleading's claims." SavaSeniorCare Administrative. To log in your SAVASENIORCARE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC 401k account, go to Fidelity Investments website and enter you username and password. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Here, Defendants assert that they "would face undue burdens and expense if they had to litigate four different sets of FCA claims based on different theories of false-claims liability." SAS also contends the Government's argument with respect to Patient B "rests on the legal fallacy that Patient B was not entitled to therapy to maximize her abilities" by climbing 16 steps, and that the mere fact that Patient C "was using a rolling walker does not mean or even imply that additional physical therapy is unreasonable or necessary." Tenn. Nov. 28, 2012), the Court finds the allegation sufficient as to all these elements. Enforcement of the goals was achieved through various devices, including action plans, performance evaluations, calls and visits to facilities, threats of repercussions or termination for poor performers, and bonuses for those that did well. (citation omitted). SAVASENIORCARE LLC is associated with 2 skilled nursing homes that CMS have been associated with possible abuse. In re Pharm. United States ex rel. (Id. "Sava is organized in geographic divisions below Mr. Oglesby," and, although its structure changed over time, for most of the relevant time period, it had two division, East and West, that, in turn, were subdivided into regions. v. SavaSeniorCare, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. Defendants claim that "[d]ismissal is appropriate because, even as to the one SNF where she was employed, Kukoyi fails to plead with particularity 'the who, what, when, where, and how of the alleged fraud.'" The company id for this entity is 0516159. 126 at 11) (citation and emphasis omitted). The services listed are specific to each location. It is true, as SeniorCare correctly observes, that "[b]eing a parent corporation of a subsidiary that commits a FCA violation, without some degree of participation by the parent . See e.g., 42 U.S.C. The staff at each of our. Oct. 23, 2013) (citation omitted) (stating that to "successfully state a claim, the plaintiff must show that the defendant knew the treatment was unnecessary"). 411.15k (disallowing payment for certain types of services, test, and examinations that are not "reasonable and necessary"). Landis v. Hospice Care of Kansas, LLC, 2010 WL 5067614, at *4 (D. Kan. Dec. 7, 2010); see, United States ex rel. And a Car. NA - Not available or not applicable United Distributors Inc., W.B. (CC 148, 149). Because it is a public document, the Consolidated Complaint identified the Patients simply as "A" through "E". However, in that same paragraph, Relator states those patients "were unable to get out of their bed to receive such services" and that she knows and can supply the names of the two patients. Sava knew the financial benefits of increasing its Ultra High billings. The rehabilitation department at each SNF was managed by a Rehabilitation Program Manager ("RPM") who reported to the regional director and also reported to the SNF administrator. This is a bit disingenuous since the parties agree the Consolidated Complaint is controlling, Scott's claims have gone by the wayside, and Hayward's claims are effectively on hold. The date of the assessment is known as the "assessment reference date," and that assessment (except for the first one) looks at the patient for the seven preceding days, which is the "look-back period." Co. v. Ameritrust Co., 848 F.2d 674, 679 (6th Cir. Frazier v. IASIS Healthcare Corp., 812 F. Supp. Company profile page for Savaseniorcare Administrative Services LLC including stock price, company news, press releases, executives, board members, and contact information (CC 198). To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. However. Id. Chesbrough, 655 F.3d at 467 (quoting Bledsoe, 501 F.3d at 504). Sava Senior Care, Inc. et al, No. Two standards of review govern this Court's consideration of the alleged false statements and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss the same. Johnson International and SavaSeniorCare LLC qualify for this list but did not reply. Continue with Recommended Cookies, Average 5-Star Rating for SAVASENIORCARE LLC: 2.76 out of a 5 Stars involving 17 nursing homes. This is an action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. 116 at 25). United States ex rel. 137). Washington, D.C. (September 21, 2022) - Today, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by Rep. James E. Clyburn, released new evidence of dire conditions inside forprofit nursing home chains during the early months of the pandemic, as well as documents that shed light on how convoluted corporate structures have been used by for-profit nursing home chains and may have . listed as subsidiaries to holding companies in name only. Second, "[i]n this Circuit, there is '[a] clear and unequivocal requirement that a relator allege specific false claims' when pleading a violation of the FCA," United States ex rel. Michaels Bldg. SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC is in the sectors of: Healthcare Provision. (866) 258-3217 Get in Touch with D&B Sales! Minimum 45 minutes per week total therapy2. United States ex rel. Bryant Walker SavaSeniorCare Administrative & Consulting, LLC +1 610-820-2239 bcwalker@savasc.com 1988)). UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION. SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that Sava violated the False Claims Act by causing its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to bill the Medicare program for rehabilitation therapy services that were not reasonable, necessary or skilled, and . (CC 138). v. BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC, 154 F. Supp. Given the scope of Defendants' request (dismissal of all claims), the brevity and wide sweep of their arguments, and their failure to acknowledge certain allegations, the Court finds it unnecessary to go any further, other than to make three general observations. Medicare payments are made prospectively for a defined period of time. 9, 2013) (citing Bledsoe, 501 F.3d at 509). First, "'Rule 9(b)'s particularity requirement does not mute the general principles set out in Rule 8; rather the two rules must be read in harmony.'" It is also true that "Rule 9(b)'s heightened pleading requirements require a plaintiff who pleads fraud to identify the speaker of the statement," and that "referring vaguely only to 'defendants' of which there are many" does not suffice." Ohio 2000) (court observing in context of cross motions for summary judgment that "[a]t a minimum, the FCA requires proof of an objective falsehood"). or that he engaged in 'upcoding' his services, . 2010) (quoting Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct., 1937, 1949-50 (2009)). The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. There may be an even more fundamental problem with SAS's argument. 2011) (affirming summary judgment and indicating that "a statement may be deemed 'false' for purposes of the False Claims Act only if the statement represents an objective falsehood"); Hamilton Cnty. The court in Robinson went on to hold that "even if the question of whether Dr. Robinson's services were necessary involves some measure of a subjective determination on his part, if the United States can show that Dr. Robinson violated his 'continuing duty to comply with the regulations on which payment is conditioned,'. 2009) ("items or services . 2003) (finding FCA claim sufficiently plead even though plaintiff could not provide patient names or exact dates on which allegedly false claims were submitted); United States ex rel. Defendant SavaSeniorCare, LLC "sits atop" that structure, and, through its subsidiaries, owned and managed the operations of approximately 185 SNFs in 19 states (including Tennessee) during the relevant period. 2012). Defendants continue: "Taking as true Kuyoki's allegations, these allegations are entirely consistent with legal conduct." Subsidiary. 2. Manage Settings Musks TeslaMaster Plan Lacks Drive. GRANTING SAVASENIORCARE, LLC AND CAMBRIDGE SOUTH, INC.'S MOTION TO DISMISS. SAVASENIORCARE LLC owns or operates skilled nursing facilities in 5 states: Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. WASHINGTON - SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that Sava violated the False Claims Act by causing its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to bill the Medicare program for rehabilitation therapy United States ex rel. Radio, LLC : Delaware: AA Music Management, LLC (Id.). "Conditions of participation, as well as a provider's certification that it has complied with those conditions, are enforced through administrative mechanisms, and the ultimate sanction for violation of such conditions is removal from the government program." This argument fails because the Court has found the claims relating to the referenced patients, including Patient C, sufficient. 1988). rel. Again, however, the Court's present concern is not what must be proven, but rather what must be pled. SavaSeniorCare LLC and related entities (Sava), based in Georgia, have agreed to pay $11.2 million, plus additional amounts if certain financial contingencies occur, to resolve allegations that Sava violated the False Claims Act by causing its skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to bill the Medicare program for rehabilitation therapy . Signed by Chief Judge Kevin H. Sharp on 9/27/2016. Aside from alleging that SeniorCare "sits atop the corporate structure," and, through its subsidiary owned and managed the 185 or so SNFs at issue in this case, the Consolidated Complaint also alleges that Medicare payments were swept into one centralized account and there was a complex and changing structure with certain high-level employees moving among the subsidiaries. It covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care for a benefit period, following a qualifying hospital stay of at least three consecutive days. While the specific allegations against SeniorCare are sparse, the Court finds them sufficient to allow discovery. Even though the Court in many instances draws heavily on the exact language in the Consolidated Complaint, it serves no useful purpose to provide repeated citations to that document. In fiscal years 2010 and 2011, Sava billed 63 percent of its rehabilitation days at the Ultra High level, tripling its fiscal year 2006 Ultra High percentage. "Furthermore," SeniorCare argues, "the Government's Complaint fails to satisfy Rule 9(b)'s heightened pleading requirements because it indiscriminately groups all of the individual defendants into one wrongdoing monolith." Lists Featuring This Company Edit Lists Featuring This Company Section To learn more about SavaSeniorCare, visit www.savaseniorcare.com. 3:15-01102. 2012)). A. SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services and SavaSeniorCare Consulting's ("SAS's" Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. Under this approach "expressions of opinion, scientific judgments, or statements as to conclusions about which reasonable minds may differ cannot be false," Roby, 100 F. Supp. The four Defendants have filed three separate Motion to Dismiss the Consolidated Complaint, and all Defendants have collectively filed a Motion to Dismiss the Complaints of Plaintiffs Haywood and Kukoyi. 99 were here. Common to the Motions to Dismiss is that the allegations fail to state a claim and, more specifically, that the alleged false statements are insufficiently plead. The agent name for this entity is: THE CORPORATION COMPANY (FL). 115). 3729(a)(1)(B). UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. Table below shows each skilled nursing home that SAVASENIORCARE LLC is associated with, the nursing home's overall 5-star quality rating and provides a link to a comparison on the home to its local competition. Internally-created metrics were used to monitor the Company's performance in billing Medicare for the highest-reimbursing RUG codes. Morton v. A Plus Benefits, Inc., 139 F. App'x 980, 983 (10th Cir. Contemporaneously with the filing of the Complaint, however, the Government provided Defendants with the actual identities of each of these patient. Our Mission is to enhance and inspire the lives of all we serve: our team members, our patients, our residents and our families. In Life Care, the Government sued Life Care which, like present Defendants, operated a chain of SNF, and which, like here, allegedly provided unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services to increase its profits by billing more patients to Medicare at the Ultra High RUG level. Each case is unique, so how long yours will take to settle depends on the details of your situation and what you intend to recover. Yannacopoulos v. Gen'l Dynamics, 652 F.3d 818, 836 (7th Cir. (Docket No. Fritz v. Charter Twp of Comstock, 592 F.3d 718, 722 (6th Cir. 5 of 9 [* For more information about limitations and exceptions, see the plan or policy document at www.BASHealth.com .] Also Known As SavaSeniorCare Legal Name Savaseniorcare Administrative Services, LLC. "Census," or the number of inpatients, was a "wildly important goal," and this meant "not just getting the patients in the door," but "keeping them in there with extended lengths of stay." It is a basic part of the training given to all medical providers, and it has become standard instruction in CPR courses attended by people from a variety of businesses, including restaurant management and school employees, as well as the general public. Company Type For Profit Phone Number +1 (678) 443-7000 Savaseniorcare is a health care services provider with a focus on providing skilled nursing, short-term rehabilitation & long-term care. Call us, toll-free, for your no-obligation SavaSeniorCare consultation now at 888-375-9998. Bell v. Cross Garden Care Ctr. Creating your profile on CaseMine allows you to build your network with fellow lawyers and prospective clients. Yuhasz v. Brush Wellman, Inc., 341 F.3d 559, 563 (6th Cir. Williams v. Renal Care Grp., Inc., 696 F.3d 518, 532 (6th Cir. SAS next argues that "[a]lthough the Complaint dedicates page after page to portraying an alleged corporate 'scheme' to pressure therapists to provide more therapy without regard to patient needs, the Complaint fails to state a claim because it does not adequately allege actual false claims arising out of that alleged scheme." R. Civ. (DOCKET TEXT SUMMARY ONLY-ATTORNEYS MUST OPEN THE PDF AND READ THE ORDER.) 116 at 12). of which the HPL mandate is said to be a part. Defendants removed the action to this Court. She also claims that other staff members were likewise instructed to supplement patient charts by adding fictitious conditions in order to keep Medicare reimbursements up, and to fill out documents in such a way that the highest reimbursement rates would apply. In fact, according to SAS, the CMS has promulgated "a regulation stating that, with respect to treatment provided by SNFs, '[c]linical disagreement does not constitute a material and false statement.'" Finally, SAS argues that the Complaint fails to allege an objectively false claim because the purported falsities are based on no more than clinical disagreements. The most that can be said is that Defendants may be able to prove that what they did was provide the type of care contemplated (or in Defendants' view mandated) by Medicare and, as such, the care was reasonable and necessary. The nursing home operator SavaSeniorCare LLC and its related entities have agreed to pay $11.2 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act (FCA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. Savaseniorcare Administrative Services Llc Website savacareers.com Industry Hospitals and Health Care Number of employees 10001+ Description N/A Read about Savaseniorcare Administrative Services Llc Co-workers Rita Vann Vice President - Quality and Customer Experience Email Phone Colton Allen Vice President of Operations Email Phone Julie Purcell The ownership data is typically just over 155,000 records covering over 45,000 individuals and companies that either own or are managing skilled nursing homes. v. Sebelius, 575 F.3d 609, 611 (6th Cir. --------. savaseniorcare administrative services llc. Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East. . If Savaseniorcare, LLC is your company and you would like to remove it from the D&B Business Directory, please contact us. There are nine unique roles that are reported on: The data is based upon records submitted to CMS by the individual nursing homes. SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services LLC 20,509 followers 8mo On #internationalwomensday, we celebrate the unwavering spirit and tireless dedication of women everywhere, especially the women. Without those minutes for group therapy, Patient A's total minutes would not have reached the Ultra High level during any assessment period, other than her 90-day initial assessment period. Small business owners frequently own a handful of businesses. NursingHomeDatabase offers data exports as Excel spreadsheets or APIs for companies or individuals that need ownership information for more than one facility. It depends, in part, on the Resource Utilization Group ("RUG") to which a patient is assigned, and, in part, on the patient's ability to perform certain Activities of Daily Living ("ADL"). Assoc., 2003 WL 22019936, at *5 (11 Cir. As in United States ex rel. 3:15-00404 No. These categories are shown in the table below. Sava also pushed modalities to increase its RU billings. (Docket No. These include emails between and among a wide variety of employees, including SVP Hallissey, DVPs, RDRs, RPMs, administrators and other managers. 126). Atlanta-based SavaSeniorCare announced Tuesday its intentions to create a more "nimble, regional organization" by transferring operations of 48 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in eight states. 1396r, et seq. . Even though DVPs of Rehabilitation Services and RDRs could change the budget for a facility in their division or region, any changes had to be "budget neutral," meaning that if an RU goal was reduced at one facility, it had to be increased at another. SavaSeniorCare has a diverse payor mix that includes Medicare and Medicaid, commercial insurance, and private pay. Roby v. Boeing Co., 100 F. Supp. Our Mission is to enhance and inspire the lives of all we serve: our team members, our patients, our residents and our families. SNFs are required to report on the MDS the number of minutes of skilled rehabilitation therapy the facility provided to a patient during the look-back period as well as the type(s) of therapy provided. La. Sava Senior Care Employee Reviews Review this company Job Title All Location United States 836 reviews Ratings by category 2.5 Work-Life Balance 2.6 Pay & Benefits 2.4 Job Security & Advancement 2.3 Management 2.4 Culture Sort by Helpfulness Rating Date Language Found 836 reviews matching the search See all 843 reviews Thus, each of the SNFs was given set goals that were based on meeting pre-determined RU levels and Medicare Part A daily rates. P. 9(b). The Government elected to intervene, the cases were consolidated into Case No. Defendants also argue that Kukoyi's failure to plead particular examples of fraud "is especially telling in light of the contradictory, speculative, and implausible nature of Kukoyi's general allegations." Domestic : State or Jurisdiction of. Kukoyi also alleges that, as a licensed social worker, she was required to fill out certain portions of the MDS sheets and her review of those sheets indicated that they often did not reflect the patients' condition or treatment. at 3). 31, 2015). In its reply brief, Sava argues that "directly contrary to its position here, the Government recently characterized the statutes and regulations imposing and implementing the HPL Mandate as 'essential' payment requirements constituting the 'heart of the . 126 at 13). ADL scores of A, B, C, L, or X are assigned to each patient. Tony Oglesby "is at the top of Sava's corporate structure," serving as its CEO since 2005, and acquiring a majority ownership in Sava in October 2013. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. ., facts that rely upon clinical judgment are not automatically excluded from liability under the FCA." (Exhibit 1). One therapy discipline must be provided at least 5 days/week, 1. Tenn. Sep. 27, 2016). Savaseniorcare Administrative Services Llc is a company located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. SavaSeniorCare LLC failed to dodge a massive False Claims Act suit initially brought by a whistleblower against the rehabilitation therapy company, when a Tennessee federal judge refused Tuesday . Parent companies (also known as holding companies or umbrella companies) are usually formed as corporations.